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Virginia G Jalen Warley enters transfer portal
Virginia guard Jalen Warley is entering the transfer portal, interim coach Ron Sanchez announced Tuesday.,Warley, who transferred from Florida State, departs without ever playing a game for the Cavaliers.,Warley's exit comes less than two weeks after the abrupt retirement of Virginia head coach Tony...
Stubbs: Kyle Larson can only blame himself for predicament
For the second year in a row at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kyle Larson found himself chasing down Ryan Blaney for the victory.,And, for the second year in a row, Larson stepped ever so slightly over the line that differentiates aggression from foolishness, spinning out of second place with 13 laps to...
West Virginia replaces DC Jordan Lesley with Jeff Koonz
West Virginia inside linebackers coach Jeff Koonz on Tuesday replaced Jordan Lesley as the team's defensive coordinator for the rest of the season.,Koonz last served as a defensive coordinator at Cincinnati in 2016. He has been West Virginia's inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator s...
With Cooper Flagg, Duke title talk more than hype
DURHAM, N.C. -- By the standards of most men's college basketball programs, Jon Scheyer's first two seasons at the helm of the Blue Devils since taking over for the retired coaching legend Mike Krzyzewski would be considered enormous success. ,In Scheyer's first season, Duke won the ACC Tournament a...
Reloaded No. 3 UConn opens three-peat quest vs. Sacred Heart
UConn begins a quest for a third straight national championship when the Huskies open the season at home against Sacred Heart. , ,The Wednesday (Nov. 6) tip-off game for UConn is one of four games on the schedule before the Huskies hit the islands for the Maui Invitational and a first-round matchu...
Sabres D Rasmus Dahlin fined $5K for high-sticking
Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin has been fined $5,000 by the NHL on Tuesday for high-sticking Florida Panthers forward Anton Lundell.,The fine is the maximum allowable under the league's collective bargaining agreement.,The incident occurred with 7:02 remaining in the third period of the Pan...
South Florida names Ben Fletcher interim coach
South Florida named Ben Fletcher as the interim coach on Tuesday following last week's unexpected passing of head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim.,Fletcher joined the Bulls as an assistant coach on Abdur-Rahim's first staff last season. He spent the previous four seasons as Abdur-Rahim's assistant at Kennesa...
Rudy Gay retires after 17 seasons with five NBA teams
Veteran forward Rudy Gay announced in The Players' Tribune on Tuesday that he is retiring after 17 NBA seasons.,Gay, 38, last played for the Utah Jazz in 2022-23. He signed with the Golden State Warriors in September 2023 but was waived prior to the start of last season.,He owns career averages of 1...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider wins opener in Hong Kong
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider recorded a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kyoka Okamura on Tuesday in the first round of the Hong Kong Open.,Shnaider, of Russia, fired three aces and won 26 of 32 points on her first serve to dispatch the Japanese native in 77 minutes.,No. 3 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada took adv...
Northwestern, Purdue both look to move past big losses
Northwestern coach David Braun called last week's lopsided loss at Iowa "an embarrassing performance.",With bowl eligibility still a mathematical possibility, the Wildcats will look to move on when they visit another struggling Big Ten team, Purdue, on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.,Simply moving ...
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner (virus) pulls out of Paris Masters
Top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy has withdrawn from the Paris Masters due to a virus.,"It's a very tough announcement," Sinner said Tuesday. "I'm not going to play here in Paris. We came here very early to prepare in the best possible way. After the first practice session, I really didn't (feel) go...
Duke coach Manny Diaz makes homecoming to Miami vs. No. 5 Canes
The game between No. 5 Miami and visiting Duke on Saturday afternoon feels a bit personal.,That's because of the presence of Manny Diaz, a Miami native who is in his first season as the Blue Devils' head coach.,Diaz was the Hurricanes' defensive coordinator (2016-18) and their head coach (2019-21). ...
Dillon Gabriel, No. 1 Oregon brace for best shot from Michigan
No. 1 Oregon will look to continue its undefeated season on Saturday afternoon when it faces Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.,The Ducks (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) are one of eight remaining unbeaten teams in the nation. They also are 8-0 for the first time since 2013 and for the fifth time in program history.,A...
Sharks seek to ride momentum of first win into encounter with Kings
The San Jose Sharks will not lack for energy when they play for the second consecutive night Tuesday, this time against the visiting Los Angeles Kings. ,The Sharks responded to nine straight losses (0-7-2) by pulling off their first victory of the season on Monday. They scored three goals in the fin...
Nets turn to Cam Thomas, Dennis Schroder as they host Nuggets
The Brooklyn Nets are coming off an impressive win over the Milwaukee Bucks but will be missing some key players when they host the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night.,Ben Simmons has been ruled out due to lower-back injury management while Bojan Bogdanovic (left foot injury recovery), Trendon Watford ...
Winless Jazz look to regroup ahead of clash vs. Kings
When the winless Utah Jazz play their second game in a back-to-back set Tuesday night in Salt Lake City against the Sacramento Kings, they will have to turn the page from more than their third loss to open the season. ,The lowlight of Utah's 110-102 defeat on Monday in Dallas came in the third quart...
Wolves, still stinging from playoff loss, eager to face Mavs again
For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the sting is still fresh from the last time they played against the Dallas Mavericks.,The Mavericks finished off a 4-1 series win over the Timberwolves in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals on May 30. Dallas advanced to the NBA Finals, where it eventually los...
NBA roundup: Magic's Paolo Banchero pours in 50 vs. Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando's first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night to lead the Magic past the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-115.,Banchero finished with 50 points and matched Tracy McGrady's franchise record for points scored in a half, putting u...
Dodgers go with bullpen game in bid to sweep Yankees
NEW YORK -- Shohei Ohtani is playing with a partially dislocated left shoulder. Freddie Freeman is dealing with the effects of a sprained right ankle.,One more win and the Los Angeles Dodgers can get their stars some rest after a championship celebration.,Ohtani, Freeman and the Dodgers can clinch t...
NHL roundup: Oilers lose Connor McDavid, game
The visiting Edmonton Oilers lost center Connor McDavid to a lower-body injury in the opening minute against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday evening and then lost the game 6-1.,McDavid was tripped as he crossed the blue line shortly after winning the opening faceoff. The three-time Hart Memorial...